FOXBORO — It was a good day to be Drake Maye.
He completed 88% of his passes in team drills over the Patriots’ first training camp practice Wednesday, an intense, non-padded session devoted mostly to drill work.
Stefon Diggs became the headliner, back on the field as a full participant just nine months after tearing his ACL. He tied for the team lead with two catches. But there was another wide receiver, a rookie, who impressed just as much as Diggs after beating star corner Christian Gonzalez for a deep sideline coach.
For a full recap of Wednesday’s practice, click here.
Otherwise, follow along for a full breakdown of Maye’s day and his leading receivers.
Drake Maye
8-of-9, 4 sacks (Camp stats: 8-of-9, 4 sacks)
Maye sprayed completions all afternoon, around one near interception and three would-be sacks over his first five dropbacks. Maye would have been dropped once by Keion White, who beat rookie left tackle Will Campbell, and could have avoided the other two with a quicker trigger. Linebacker Christian Elliss beat his man in blitz pickup for one “sack,” and Maye got swarmed on the other in a closing pocket.
Through the air, he started by hitting Stefon Diggs on a shallow cross, then DeMario Douglas in the flat before taking his first sack. Later in the same period, he found Diggs on a curl route moments after Elliss punctured the pocket and fired incomplete for Douglas on a deep pass Jabrill Peppers nearly picked off down the middle of the field. Peppers got two hands on the ball while leaping backwards, but lost control as he landed on his back.
In the second and final 11-on-11 period, Maye connected with Henry on the back-shoulder throw and rookie receiver Kyle Williams twice: first on a checkdown in the left flat, then a comeback route. His final passes were completions to Antonio Gibson on another checkdown left, and third-year wideout Kayshon Boutte running a deep curl moments after edge rusher K’Lavon Chaisson zipped by Maye for what would have been a sack in a game setting.
Depth and scheme
0-to-9 yards downfield: 5-of-5
10-plus yards downfield: 3-of-4
Dropback passes: 7-of-8
Checkdowns: 2-of-2
Screens: N/A
Maye’s targets
- Stefon Diggs 2/2
- Kyle Williams 2/2
- DeMario Douglas 1/2
- Hunter Henry 1/1
- Kayshon Boutte 1/1
- Antonio Gibson 1/1
Total targets
- Stefon Diggs 2/2
- Kyle Williams 2/2
- DeMario Douglas 1/2
- John Jiles 1/2
- Javon Baker 0/2
- Hunter Henry 1/1
- Kayshon Boutte 1/1
- Antonio Gibson 1/1
- Gee Scott 1/1
- Jeremiah Webb 1/1
- DeMeer Blankumsee 1/1
- Efton Chism III 0/1
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